Category Archives: Injuries and Recovery

What a Week

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Al

You always hear, “Well, at least he died doing what he loved.” That might be true, but it’s no solace to his loved ones or friends. Continue reading →

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Heart and Soul

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Al

What’s going on here? We know that 1-2/100,000 citizen marathoners die during a race, usually near the finish, from cardiac events. And triathlon more frequently encounters deaths during the first segment of a race, the swim. Maybe 2-4/100,000 participants don’t make it out of the water. Just three days ago, another man was lost during the iconic Escape From Alcatraz Tri in San Francisco Bay. Continue reading →

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Ironman World Championships [aka Kona] 2012

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Al

One of the songs on my pre-race playlist since 2001 has been U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” I don’t know what it is that I’ve actually *found*, but I’m more at peace now than at any time during that whole adventure. Continue reading →

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Finished Healing?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Al

September 18th, 2010. Saturday morning. I felt like I was on top of the world. I’d never been fitter; I was going back to Kona for the Ironman World Championship, for the third time. I had a score to settle; … Continue reading →

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2012 Goals and Plan

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Al

“Finish healing, then have fun on Hawaii” Continue reading →

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Injured Reserve

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Al

Well, it’s not really that bad. I’m just taking a sabbatical from running for … a while. Continue reading →

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Epilogue: IM AZ 2011

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Al

We made it to Rula Bula down the street (an Irish pub type place) for a beer and sweet potato fries at the EN after party. … A lot better than collapsing on a bed all alone, for sure. Continue reading →

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Portents for the Future?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Al

Herman Cain won’t go away. He’s enjoying himself and the media attention so much, and getting seen by the far right as “their guy”, enough so he just might stick around all the way to next November. And that would be the best thing that could happen for Democrats. Continue reading →

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Aging Athletes

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Al

One of the faster Endurance Nation triathletes wrote in about his father, whom he talked into doing a triathlon. His Dad did fairly well, now wants to get faster, but is leery of the work implied in the EN training plans. Here’s what I wrote in reply Continue reading →

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It Took a Year, But … I Did It

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Al

I have regained the inner feeling, at least when I’m in the saddle, or running on the road, I had when I thought I was on the top of my game, in September in Colorado a year ago, doing those same roads by myself. Sometimes, it takes a little village. Continue reading →

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